Crossing Boundaries
Poetry, Metaphor, and Cosmopolitan Dialogue at the Court of Roger II
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13104644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Langdon Freeman (University of Wisconsin–Stout, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 859-875 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Intellectual History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2380-1883 • E-ISSN: 2380-1891 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23801883.2021.1955623 |
| OpenAlex | W3185306471 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 42 |
The Siculo-Norman king, Roger II (1095–1154), created a courtly culture that used art, architecture, and literature to reflect the symbolic and cultural values of the states that ringed the Mediterranean. An essential vehicle for Roger's cosmopolitan dialogue was the performance of court poetry that was broadly inclusive of the poetic conventions of the Latin, Greek, and Arabic-speaking worlds. Poetic performance at Palermo created an integrative dialogue of cultural valuation that crossed political as well as linguistic boundaries. While such acts of statesmanship might seem quaint to modern eyes, the potential of Siculo-Norman cosmopolitanism becomes more intriguing when we reflect on the current reality of failed states (Northern Africa), continuous conflicts (Israel), and fissured unions (EU) that ring the Mediterranean today. Roger's diplomatic use of poetry offers a refreshing alternative to the broken dialogue that exists in contemporary interstate relations in the Mediterranean. This paper illustrates that diplomatic poetic exchange has the ability to create cross-cultural commensurability in ways that modern cosmopolitan practices rooted in international law cannot
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